Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
G. Gunaseelan | |
Native Name Lang: | ta |
Honorific-Suffix: | MPC |
Office1: | Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine and Probation and Childcare Services, Northern Province |
Term Start1: | 23 August 2017 |
Predecessor1: | P. Sathiyalingam |
Office2: | Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Mannar District |
Term Start2: | 14 October 2013 |
Party: | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
Otherparty: | Tamil National Alliance |
Profession: | Physician |
Blank1: | Ethnicity |
Data1: | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Gnanaseelan Gunaseelan is a Sri Lankan Tamil physician, politician and provincial minister.
Gunaseelan was Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for Manthai West and Madhu.[1]
Gunaseelan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mannar District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[2] [3] After the election he was appointed to assist the Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine on food supply.[4] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at his residence in Colombo on 14 October 2013.[5]
Sarveswaran was sworn in as Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine and Probation and Childcare Services in front of Governor Reginald Cooray on 23 August 2017.[6] [7] [8]